Bosnia

Dutch "Peacekeepers" honoured for standing around uselessly during Srebrenica massacre

Unbelievable. The UK Guardian has the story of how Holland is trying to whitewash its role in permitting Bosnian war crimes:


Henk Kamp, the Dutch defence minister, unveiled a plaque at the barracks praising the troops who failed to act to prevent the atrocity at Srebrenica when the Bosnian Serb commander, General Ratko Mladic, seized the enclave in eastern Bosnia, separated the males from the women and children, and then organised the mass murder of almost 8,000 men over 10 days in July 1995… Mr Kamp handed out medals to 500 members of the Dutch battalion stationed at Srebrenica, which was a so-called UN safe haven, ostensibly under UN protection when it was overrun by the Serbs.

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